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Politics of Basketball
Recently my association held elections for officers and board members and all the candidates had one common theme: THEY WERE ANGRY
The feelings of resentment and feeling left out of the "BIG GAMES" bubbled over and were put out in the open for all to hear! I have heard private complaining and whispers over the years but nothing so public and with so much fire..words like corruption and favortism were tossed around loosely. Your thoughts on how much these type of feelings exists in your world? Why do people get so riled up over high school basketball?:confused: |
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Most of us that are or were officials were also athletes and competitors previously. As such, we still have the competitive drive.
Some officials manifest that by comparing themselves to other officials and the number and/or percieved "quality" of the games assigned. Many officials that feel slighted that they are not getting the BIG games will start to blame "politics", the "good ole boy network" and "such and such assignor" doesn't like me. Anything but take a realistic look at their game and what they can do to improve. Without knowing anything about your association and making some assumptions, I do find it interesting that some of the ANGRY officials have decided to become involved in the leadership of the organization instead of just sitting back and complaining about it. Hopefully, it works out well for your group. |
One reason I am happy our association has no assigning function. Other associations in our state who do have similar issues to what you have expressed, though maybe not to that extent.
If it's as bad as say, would an initiative to separate the two be practical for your group? |
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I love these angry guys. They make it so easy for the cream to rise to the top and get more of those great games.
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However, in my experience, they are blamed for a perceived lack of advancement far more than they are actually responsible for. |
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One of our members gave an impassioned speech against our board (I'm not on it) last night. He doesn't think his schedule is fair and made it abundantly clear that he has no respect for the board and told the evaluators "judge not that ye be not judged".
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I've been in such meetings, where folks were running for the board, even running for the assigner's position. The speech was an angry plea for "fairness" and "objectivity." I don't know how badly he lost. |
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